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Creepy Crawlies (I Wonder Why)
by Karen Wallace  Publisher Comments BUGS! Kids love them. In Creepy-Crawlies, budding entomologists get up close and personal with their favorite interesting insects. Covering everything from pouncing spiders to industrious ants, buzzing bees, and butterfly transformations, this book is...
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A Garden of Bristlecones: Tales of Change in the Great Basin (Environmental Arts and Humanities)
by Michael Cohen Publisher Comments An engaging, well-illustrated natural and cultural history of the oldest living tree -- the bristlecone pine....
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American Pests: The Losing War on Insects from Colonial Times to DDT
by James E. McWilliams Publisher Comments The World of insects is one we only dimly understand. Yet from Mrs. Ellis's Housekeeping Made Easy, the nineteenth-century guide to using arsenic, cobalt, and quicksilver to kill household infiltrators, to the sophisticated tools of the Orkin Man...
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Baby Animals (I Wonder Why)
by Hannah Wilson Publisher Comments In Baby Animals, children explore the amazing range of creatures born all over the world. In the kid-friendly language and interactive pictures, young zoologists will find answers on everything from the hatching of a baby penguin to the transformation...
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The Snoring Bird: My Family's Journey Through a Century of Biology (P.S.)
by Bernd Heinrich Publisher Comments Although Gerd Heinrich, a devoted naturalist, specialized in wasps, Bernd Heinrich tried to distance himself from his "old-fashioned" father, becoming a hybrid: a modern, experimental biologist with a naturalist's sensibilities. In this extraordinary...
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Of Parrots and People: The Sometimes Funny, Always Fascinating, and Often Catastrophic Collision of Two Intelligent Species
by Mira Tweti Publisher Comments There are an estimated 50 million parrots kept as pets the U.S. alone, their numbers surpassed only by dogs and cats, yet these complex creatures are not your typical domesticated animal, and they remain a mystery to many. Most people donat know that...
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Handbook of Cancer Models with Applications (Series in Mathematical Biology and Medicine)
by Wai-yuan (edt) Tan Synopsis Topics included in the book cover oncogenetic trees, stochastic multistage models of carcinogenesis, effects of ionizing radiation on cell cycle and genomic instability, induction of DNA damage by ionizing radiation and its repair, epigenetic cancer...
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Biocatalysis and Bioenergy
by Ching T. (edt) Hou Publisher Comments An up-to-date overview of diverse findings and accomplishments in biocatalysis and bioenergy With the high price of petroleum and researchers worldwide seeking new means of producing energy, this comprehensive book on biocatalysis for bioenergy and...
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The Handbook of Plant Functional Genomics: Concepts and Protocols
by Gunter (edt) Kahl Synopsis In this incisive, concise overview of this booming field, the editors--two of the leading figures in the field with a proven track record--combine their expertise to provide an invaluable reference on the topic. Following a treatment of transcriptome...
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The Origin of Species (Enriched Classics)
by Charles Darwin Publisher Comments Contents: Editor's Introduction; Historical Sketch; Variation Under Domestication; Variation Under Nature; Struggle for Existence; Natural Selection or the Survival of the Fittest; Laws of Variation; Difficulties of the Theory; Miscellaneous Objections...
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Developments in Hydrobiology #200: Fish and Diadromy in Europe: Ecology, Conservation, Management
by Sylvie (edt) Dufour Synopsis Most of the diadromous fish of the world have decreased in distribution and abundance since the beginning of the twentieth century. They are now threatened, and important conservation issues arise. The causes of these trends vary among species and basins...
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Algal Toxins: Nature, Occurrence, Effect and Detection (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and)
by Valtere (edt) Evangelista Publisher Comments This volume contains the lectures and seminars given at the NATO Advanced Study Institute on a oeSensor Systems for Biological Threats: The Algal Toxins Casea, held in Pisa, Italy in October, 2007. This ASI offered updated information on how far the...
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Tumor Microenvironment #2: Regulation of Gene Expression in the Tumor Environment: Regulation of Melanoma Progression by the Microenvironment: The Roles of Par-1 and Pafr
by Menashe (edt) Bar-eli Publisher Comments It is now becoming very clear that the development and progression of tumor towards the malignant (metastatic) phenotype depends tightly on the interaction between the tumor cells and the tumor microenvironment. Tumor cells respond to stimuli generated...
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Nitrogen in the Environment
by J. L. (edt) Hatfield Publisher Comments Nitrogen is one of the most critical elements for all life forms. In agricultural systems it is essential for the production of crops for feed, food, and fiber. The ever-increasing world population requires increasing use of nitrogen in agriculture to...
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Probability Models for DNA Sequence Evolution (Probability and Its Applications)
by Richard Durrett Publisher Comments Our basic question is: Given a collection of DNA sequences, what underlying forces are responsible for the observed patterns of variability? To approach this question we introduce and analyze a number of probability models: the Wright-Fisher model, the...
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International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology
by Kwang W. (edt) Jeon Publisher Comments DESCRIPTION: International Review of Cell & Molecular Biology presents current advances and comprehensive reviews in cell biology-both plant and animal. Articles address structure and control of gene expression, nucleocytoplasmic interactions, control of...
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Handbook of Listeria Monocytogenes
by Dongyou (edt) Liu Publisher Comments Once feared as a deadly intracellular bacterium with the extraordinary capacity to survive a wide array of arduous external stressors, Listeria monocytogenes is increasingly recognized as a preferred vector for delivering anti-infective and anti-cancer...
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Man the Hunted Expanded Edition
by Donna Hart Publisher Comments Man the Hunted argues that primates, including the earliest members of the human family, have evolved as the prey of any number of predators, including wild cats and dogs, hyenas, snakes, crocodiles, and even birds. The authors’ studies of...
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Human Biology
by Colleen Belk Publisher Comments Human Biologyis a new book for readers preparing for careers in human biology or anatomy & physiology. As in Belk and Borden's highly successful Biology: Science for Life, science is presented as a story that is integrated into the narrative to motivate...
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Cangrejos/Crabs (Bajo Las Olas/Under the Sea)
by Jody Sullivan Rake Synopsis Inspire young astronomers with this engaging series on space. Revised to reflect Plutos new status, and featuring the newest photos available, each title provides an accurate and accessible introduction to these fascinating topics....
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